In My Time of Dying
Book description
A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by the bestselling author of Tribe and The Perfect Storm.
For years as an award-winning war reporter, Sebastian Junger traveled to many front lines and frequently put his life at risk. And yet the closest he ever…
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Sebastian is such an honest writer! The pacing and story were remarkable and intense. It read like a thriller, but it is true story written with compassion and intelligence and powerful ideas that will challenge you to think about your own mortality and how you live your life! I read it twice and then I got to interview Sebastian so I read it again. This will change the way you think about everything....
Bestselling author Sebastian Junger is known for reporting on dangerous and demanding occupations and for embedding with American soldiers in Afghanistan as a war correspondent. But his most recent book describes his encounter with perhaps the most deadly situation he has ever faced.
A burst aneurysm lands him in the emergency room, and while fighting for his life, Junger becomes aware that his father—who had died eight years ago—is “communicating” to him that everything will be all right. The appealing slant is that Junger, raised by his physicist father as an atheist and materialist, has to try to make sense…
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